Forensic Indicators of Threat Exposure (FITE)
Abstract
The DoD responds to a variety of chemical, biological and radiological threats around the globe that require protective medical countermeasures to ensure force health protection and warfighter readiness. The Forensic Indicators of Threat Exposure (FITE) program is developing a field-deployable resource to reveal an individual's exposure history to chemical, biological and radiological threats by characterizing epigenetic signatures in an individual's genome. The program will create the framework for modular technology capable of performing forensic or diagnostic analysis using epigenetic information to provide high specificity of the type of exposure and when it occurred. This novel capability could serve as a field-forward forensic tool for use by the DoD to assist in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) threat detection and response. FITE will also evolve new medical countermeasure (MCM) modalities against chemical and biological threat exposures from bench science to translational science that will advance these modalities into clinical use for the warfighter.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2024
- Source ID
- fb92b30a288679849df46452815f6f19
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